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Below is a brief schedule of events planned for you at the conference this year.  Be sure to check out the official Conference site at www.traveloregon.com for complete details and registration.  

 

Saturday, March 31

New this year! Special pre-conference event: "Capture the Excitement of the Old West, Oregonian Style." Enjoy a wonderful evening with well-known Oregon author Rick Steber, featuring a hosted buffet, no host cocktails and an entertaining presentation on the Wild West and Lewis & Clark's expedition.  This event is a prerequisite for attending the Sunday Mobile Workshops.

6:30-

9:00 p.m.

Reception and buffet dinner followed by Lewis & Clark program.

 
Sunday, April 1

8:00-

9:15 a.m.

Holiday Inn:  Conference packets available for pickup in Holiday Inn lobby to pre-registered attendees of mobile workshops.

8:15-

9:15 a.m.

Holiday Inn:  Continental breakfast and overview of mobile workshops for workshop participants only.  Pre-registration and $30 fee required in addition to conference registration.  

9:15 a.m.

Buses load from the Holiday Inn parking lot.

9:30 a.m.-

6:00 p.m.

Mobile Workshops(Limited space--register early!  Attendance at Saturday evening program required.)

1.  "The Ponderosa Story:  Realizing a Vision"

2.  "Trail to the Past:  Oregon's Jordan Valley"

12:00-

7:00 p.m.

Four Rivers Cultural Center:  Registration Opens

12:00-

10:30 p.m.

Continuous shuttle bus transportation between conference hotels and Four Rivers Cultural Center

7:00-

10:00 p.m.

Four Rivers Cultural Center:  "A Taste of Ontario's Diverse Cultures" Ice Breaker Reception with Exhibitors

 

Monday, April 2

All sessions will be held at the Four Rivers Cultural Center, except afternoon mobile workshop to Vale.

7:00 a.m.-

10:30 p.m.

Continuous bus transportation between conference hotels and Four Rivers Cultural Center

7:30 a.m.-

5:00 p.m.

Registration at Four Rivers Cultural Center

8:00-

9:15 a.m.

Buffet breakfast with Regional Reports:  Enjoy lively updates from Oregon's tourism regions which were so popular at the 2000 conference.

9:30-

10:30 a.m.

Keynote Presentation:  "Travel in the 21st Century -- Matching your Product with Your Customer"

10:30-

11:00 a.m.

Exhibitor Break

11:00 a.m.-

12:30 p.m.

Workshop Session I

A.  Creative Approaches to Marketing

B.  Building Oregon's Image

C.  Sustainable Tourism:  What Is It and What Is the Payoff?

D.  Big Gains from Small Meetings

12:30-

2:00 p.m.

Luncheon and Keynote Presentation:  "Discovering Lewis & Clark--Tribal Perspectives"

2:00-

2:30 p.m.

Exhibitor Break

2:15-

5:30 p.m.

A.  Mobile Workshop:  "Vale -- The Can-Do Community" (Pre-registration and $15 fee required; departure from Four Rivers Cultural Center; return to all hotels.)

2:30-

4:00 p.m.

Workshop Session II

B.  Creative Approaches to Marketing

C.  Building Oregon's Image

D.  Big Gains from Small Meetings

4:00-

5:30 p.m.

Workshop Session III

A.  Marketing Your Website

B.  Planning for Success:  Creating and Implementing a Strategic Marketing Communications Plan

C.  Oregon Tour and Travel Task Force Presents:  An Introduction to Oregon's Tourism Industry

5:00-

10:30 p.m.

Continuous shuttle bus transportation between conference hotels and Four Rivers Cultural Center

7:00-

10:00 p.m.

Four Rivers Cultural Center:  "Knee Slappin' -- Toe Tappin' Western Barbeque"

 

Tuesday, April 3

All sessions held at the Four Rivers Cultural Center.

7:30 a.m.-

3:00 p.m.

Continuous shuttle bus transportation between conference hotels and Four Rivers Cultural Center

8:30-

10:30 a.m.

Breakfast General Session and Tourism Commission Public Meeting:

  • Annual Tourism Achievement Awards
  • 2001 Legislative Update
  • New Commission Projects

10:30-

11:00 a.m.

Exhibitor Break

11:00 a.m.-

12:30 p.m.

Workshop Session IV

A.  Marketing Your Website

B.  Planning for Success:  Creating and Implementing a Strategic Marketing Communications Plan

C.  Sustainable Tourism:  What Is It and What Is the Payoff?

D.  Oregon Tour and Travel Task Force Presents:  An Introduction to Oregon's Tourism Industry

12:30-

2:00 p.m.

Closing Luncheon and Keynote Presentation:  "The Shortest Distance Between Two Destinations is Seldom a Straight Line"

Conference Adjourns

 
 

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